Nike coordinated the sting

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He’s an idiot but I’m really curious what his client , the AAU guy in California has on Nike.

It's very hard to buy into this because Avenatti is sort of a professional liar as well as cataclysmically in debt, so at that point you have to believe the AAU guy...which isn't a profession known for honesty and integrity.

You have to unwrap so many layers of deception in this. It's sort of like somebody in the mob proclaiming they have news of a scandal. It's all cloaked in ick.
 
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It's very hard to buy into this because Avenatti is sort of a professional liar as well as cataclysmically in debt, so at that point you have to believe the AAU guy...which isn't a profession known for honesty and integrity.

You have to unwrap so many layers of deception in this. It's sort of like somebody in the mob proclaiming they have news of a scandal. It's all cloaked in ick.

Just remember the 90's with Jose Canseco and Steroids... everyone crushed his character but it was a dirty player exposing other dirty players.. this AAU guy could be the same.

Now granted anything he would say has to be taken with a grain of salt......... but I think many people are still interested in what he might have on Nike.

Also I have confidence we'd escape it...... because Cal and Nike have not been so friendly the last few years due to the whole PK 80 fiasco... I fully expect Arizona, Oregon, UNC, Duke and probably Tenn to all be nailed... probably even Gonzaga since word has been going around that Nike is sending foreign players to Gonzaga for years.
 
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Not necessarily, they’d likely wait it out, see what he has, then do everything they could do discredit him more than he already has done himself. Pressing charges, getting him arrested, is far easier and cheaper than to just pay him
 

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Wouldn't you think during the FBI investigation into Adidas that Nike would have been brought up or at least given a look at? As deep as they were digging I would think other shoe companies would be suspected.
 
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Very possible he could have some legit stuff for Nike to act so quickly on it. Like they needed to shut him up.
All the same, I’m really hoping they just go ahead and come out with it anyway, just so that we can see what it was. [laughing]
 

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Plus with them acting as quick as they did, it’s
Wouldn't you think during the FBI investigation into Adidas that Nike would have been brought up or at least given a look at? As deep as they were digging I would think other shoe companies would be suspected.
it was rumored that there was things on Nike, but it just disappeared and attention went 100% towards adidas.
 
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Wouldn't you think during the FBI investigation into Adidas that Nike would have been brought up or at least given a look at? As deep as they were digging I would think other shoe companies would be suspected.

A good point - why would they have found nothing while this joker has legit info?
 
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Jman330

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All the same, I’m really hoping they just go ahead and come out with it anyway, just so that we can see what it was. [laughing]
Oh yeah, I hope it does too. His client is an ex AAU coach who Nike disbanded, so it’s very possible he has dama
 

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Plus with them acting as quick as they did, it’s

it was rumored that there was things on Nike, but it just disappeared and attention went 100% towards adidas.
If it involves pUKe it’ll be swept away faster than Hillary’s emails.
 
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I bet this news made President Trump's day.

This guy (Avenatti) has been in self-destruction mode over the past year. This is a fitting end.
 

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Dudes dumber than those who believed in the Russian collusion with the president.

Anyone that can look at that number and still believe CNN and MSNBC are legitimate news stations is an idiot. Sadly, some people will never believe anything so it continues.

I bet this news made President Trump's day.

This guy (Avenatti) has been in self-destruction mode over the past year. This is a fitting end.

CNN will interview him in jail, the Creepy Porn Lawyer
 

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It just came out Nikes attorneys called Avanatti back after his proposal and made sure it was recorded. Based on that alone, he must not have had anything significant at all.

Not sure how you can derive that by Nike helping. Obviously, they helped or the Feds would not have known about it, but he must have something on Nike. You don't just call and shake down a corporation for $20 million unless you have something to show them why they need to come up with the cash. Nike probably figured that he is going to spill the beans anyway, so why not take him down?